Superb Album Of 54 Original Photos Late 19th Century Including 4 Sailboats By Alfred John West

Sailboats, boats, ports, views and lochs of Scotland around 1890, this is what this old and beautiful leather-bound album (but formerly covered in fabric) contains, with gilded edges, and bearing the label of an Irish seller: JD Spence, in Dublin.
This album contains 54 original photos from the end of the 19th century, silver prints, including: 42 photos in 29/29.5 x 19/19.5 cm format. ; 11 in 20/21 x 13.5/14 cm format. ; 1 in 9.5 x 14 cm format
The first 4 are rare photos of large racing sailboats ("May", and "Rex", according to pencil annotations), by Alfred John West, (each presenting the dry stamp: "West & Son, Copyright, Southsea & Gosport"), who was a pioneer in boat photography, long before Beken of Cowes, going so far as to invent a system allowing him to balance and secure his photographic equipment on his boat. ...
One of his most famous photos is that of the sailboat Mohawk, racing in Southampton for which he obtained a gold medal in 1884...
The other photos illustrate a trip to the "fjords" and lochs of Scotland from the west, the Hebrides and the Highlands, circa 1890, with numerous views of ports, sites and ships, including the famous SS IONA calling at Ardrishaig....
Good general condition, with foxing. Other photos on email request.
Album dimensions: 43.5 cm x 34 cm; thickness 6 cm Weight 5 kg, careful Colissimo delivery in mainland France: €20